Are you a high school or college student living in the Lehigh Pocono area?

You could win a scholarship of up to $1,000 in the 2009/2010 Mensa Scholarship Competition!

The scholarship competition is open to all Lehigh Pocono area students who will be enrolled in a degree program at an accredited American institution of post-secondary education for the 2010 Fall/Winter term. Scholarship recipients need not be members of Mensa.

For full competition details and how to apply, visit our Scholarships page!

This year's deadline is January 15, 2010.

Patricia Almost, LocSec & Event Coordinator for Mensa Calgary, invites Mensans to join them for the 2009 Banff Regional Gathering:



"Mensa Calgary will be hosting a Regional Gathering at the Banff Springs Hotel in beautiful Banff, Alberta, Canada, September 11-13th and we would love to have you join us. Please visit our website at www.mensabanffrg.com!"

They have an impressive lineup of speakers, activities, hikes, tours, and more. Why not take advantage of low airfares and visit our northern neighbors!

From the founder of Ante-Ms:

The ability to socialize, strategize, and perhaps even use some math skills has made poker a popular Mensan pasttime. Whether it's the AG,
an RG, or simply a member's home game, it's quite common to find a group of Ms gathered around a table to play poker. After observing
this trend, we decided to start a SIG to bring together those Ms with a common interest in the game.

We hope you'll join us in our new SIG: we bet you'll love it! To join, simply go to http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Ante-Ms and click
"Join this Group." Be sure to include your name and membership number in the "Comment to Owner" section. Once your Mensa membership is
verified, you'll be a SIG member and have access to the Yahoo group. Our vision for the Yahoo group is a place where Mensa members can:

• Discuss poker tips and strategies
• Share specific hand histories and debate ways the play could have been improved
• Commiserate over bad beat stories
• Share poker resources (helpful books, websites, etc)
• Announce home games and arrange poker events (locally or at a gathering)
• Tell a favorite poker joke or anecdote
• and much more!

There is no membership fee for the SIG; the only requirement is that you be a current Mensa member. We also ask that any games arranged
via the Yahoo list be done in accordance with local laws.

We hope to meet you soon in the Yahoo group. If you have any questions about the SIG, please contact our SIG Founder, Jeff Dommenge.

Don't forget our testing session this weekend!

Interested in becoming a member of Mensa, or know someone who is? Become a Mensan in time to attend the 2009 Annual Gathering in Pittsburgh!

Sign up for Saturday's test; full details on our Calendar page.

The results from MindGames 2009 are in!

Here are this year's hottest games:

• Cornerstone: 3-D strategy game where players race to build to the top before it all comes tumbling down.


• Dominion: Players compete to create the best deck of cards by buying action, treasure and victory cards. Person with the most victory cards wins.


• Marrakech: Each player is a sales person who tries to outsmart others. Players roll dice, move Assam and figure out whether they have to pay to lay on a rug


• Stratum: Uses layering laws to cover other player's pieces. Person with the most exposed pieces wins.


• Tic-Tac-Ku: Twist on classic Tic-Tac-Toe. Nine playing areas, and each player determines in which area other players can play. Object is to win the most playing areas.

Visit the official MindGames site for infomation on next year's challenge!